Can We Get Married First?

Chapter 20

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The freight elevator went up slowly, and Lou Mi and Chi Lin were so close that their chests almost touched each other several times.

Chi Lin wanted to raise her hand to block it, but if she did so, it wouldn’t be their chests touching, but her hand would be touching Lou Mi’s chest…

That’s even harder to explain.

Chi Lin was as stiff as a popsicle the whole time, not moving an inch, his eyes passed through Lou Mi's shoulder and fell on the express box.

Lou Mi was quite relaxed, sometimes even swaying a little with the slight shaking of the elevator.

"Is the elevator in your school okay? I feel like I'm going to fall." Lou Mi was still joking in Chi Lin's ear.

Chi Lin herself didn't know how sensitive her ears were. When the heat flow at close range gently scratched her, she felt uncomfortable all over and couldn't help but shrink her shoulders.

Lou Mi continued to tell some boring jokes that he thought would lighten the atmosphere. Chi Lin couldn't stand it anymore and suddenly turned his gaze back to look directly at Lou Mi:

"Don't talk yet."

Because I was a little impatient, the words I said were somewhat fickle.

Chi Lin himself didn't feel much, but Lou Mi was stunned when he heard this.

You little bastard are mean to me

When she was about to retaliate, she suddenly noticed Chi Lin's ears were red, and instantly realized that it was her fault.

Even though she has been a solo artist since birth, she is not an ignorant young woman and knows what is going on.

"Ahem... um." Lou Mi's expression changed a lot, but in the end he naturally didn't say anything against anyone.

Thank God, the elevator finally arrived.

I went into the second-year high school office with Chi Lin. During the break, about half of the seats in the office were empty.

Chi Lin walked up to a middle-aged female teacher and introduced her to Lou Mi: "This is English teacher Miss Hu, Miss Hu, and this is my sister."

Lou Mi politely took off his sunglasses and mask.

It turned out to be an English teacher, which was a bit beyond the expectations of Lou Mi who had never been a parent.

She thought that the head teacher wanted to have a routine chat with the students' parents after the midterm exam, but she didn't expect it to be the case.

Miss Hu was preparing for class when she felt someone coming. She saved the courseware after Chi Lin finished his introduction and turned back to look at them with a frown.

"Sister?" Miss Hu asked, "My real sister?"

They don't look alike, and sure enough, Chi Lin said:

"Not really. She's the daughter of my mom's boyfriend."

"That's not a parent at all." Miss Hu said to Chi Lin word by word, "What did I tell you before? Please ask your parents to come and talk to me, face to face. Your matter is very serious, and only the elders who are close to you are worth talking to."

Lou Mi didn't expect the other party's attitude to be so bad. She was still here, and he said she was not worth chatting with

"Miss Hu, right?" Lou Mi pulled Chi Lin to his side. "Although Chi Lin and I have no blood relationship, we have lived under the same roof for two years and are about to become a reconstituted family. I can be considered Chi Lin's elder in terms of emotion and reason. There is no problem. If you still don't believe it... This is her mother's identity ID, and I also have the password. Her mother entrusted me to take care of her before she went on a business trip. I am now Chi Lin's entrusted guardian. You can tell me anything."

Lou Mi's voice was quite loud, neither fast nor slow, neither humble nor arrogant, making Miss Hu seem shorter than her.

Miss Hu knew that she couldn't lose, so she stood up from her chair.

After she stood up, she realized that she was really a lot shorter than the building, or a lot taller.

"Since her mother can't spare the time, I'll make it short. Do you know how many points she got in the English midterm exam?"

"64, I know, she showed me the results." Lou Mi understood, "She only got 64 out of 150 points. I know she didn't pass. But she has made great progress. Give her some more time, this is just the beginning, I believe she can..."

Miss Hu waved her hand and stopped Lou Mi from continuing:

"If she progresses further, the problem will be even bigger."

Lou Mi: "Teacher, I don't understand. Can't people make progress?"

Miss Hu: "Of course you have to make progress, but you have to make progress based on your own real strength. Our school does not encourage any opportunistic methods."

The school does not encourage cutting corners... Who would encourage it

Lou Mi understood: "Are you saying she cheated?"

Miss Hu smiled and agreed.

"Oh, progress means cheating, this theory is quite new."

Lou Mi's smile was even wider than hers.

The tension between the two gradually emerged, and other teachers in the office either looked over to watch or listened silently.

"This... sister, you don't have to be angry with me. It's useless to be angry. Let's speak with conscience." Miss Hu touched her left chest, where her heart was. "How many points did she get in the last monthly exam in English? Her level has always been there. I don't need to tell you. The report card records it. To be able to improve by nearly 50 points in less than 20 days... Excuse me, in the 15 years of teaching, except for the cheaters, Chi Lin is the first one."

Lou Mi: "So do you have any evidence of cheating?"

Miss Hu poured out her heart to him, but he was still stubborn and even asked her questions. Miss Hu didn't want to "reason" anymore, so she chuckled:

"Do you still need evidence? Come on, Chi Lin, tell me how many points you usually get in the exams."

Chi Lin did not let her lead him, but looked at her coldly.

Miss Hu turned back and continued to talk to Lou Mi: "You don't know what your level is? The last monthly exam was so easy, she only scored more than 10 points. I have taught in high school for so many years and I have never seen anyone write all 26 letters incorrectly. Primary school students can tell the difference between R and B, right? This time the test paper was very difficult. There were many students in the top class who failed, but she actually scored more than 60 points. It's amazing, she scored more than three times as much as the one who went against the current. Do you believe this when I tell you?"

No matter how the other party ridiculed him, Lou Mi's expression remained unchanged, and the main idea of his words remained the same:

"So do you have any evidence? Or did you just assume she cheated and make up your mind, right?"

Miss Hu: “…”

After talking so much, Miss Hu took out the thermos cup and drank a sip of tea:

"Does everything in this world require evidence? Some things don't require evidence at all, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that."

Lou Mi: "Oh, so there is really no evidence."

Miss Hu's eyes widened, the word "you" stuck in her throat, she was too embarrassed to say it out loud in front of so many colleagues.

Several teachers around had already recognized Lou Mi.

The popularity of today's professional e-sports players is even greater than that of the most popular stars decades ago. Lou Mi has won the world championship in front of hundreds of millions of viewers, and is a hero in the hearts of many young people. He is also very popular among middle-aged people who grew up playing various games.

Many teachers at Nanhu No. 3 Middle School are players of "Once Upon a Time in China". They have watched Lou Mi's live broadcast and understand how hot-tempered she is and how unforgiving she is with her words.

I watched it up close today and it did not disappoint.

Lou Mi turned around and asked Chi Lin: "Did you cheat?"

"I don't."

"Then why didn't you say anything when you were wronged? Where did all those tricks you usually use to deal with me go?"

Miss found out that she was leading the conversation and slandering herself, and couldn't help but raise her voice and shouted:

"How could I have wronged her! Do you think it's possible for a person to improve so much in half a month? I believe in the child prodigy, but Chi Lin, huh, who would believe that!"

"That's because you are ignorant, teacher. It's just high school English. I've seen people improve 50 points in 20 days, not to mention 80 points in a week." Lou Mi was talking about herself. When she was in high school, she was addicted to games and fell behind in her studies. Her father found a teacher to help her with tutoring and forced her to study like crazy. Once she got the hang of it, her grades soared.

"And Chi Lin's grades didn't improve out of nowhere. I helped her with her lessons every night until midnight for the past 20 days, and she continued to study after I went to bed. She is taking English and her studies seriously. She doesn't expect others to praise her for her efforts, because learning is for herself, and we all understand this. But you are a teacher, a teacher who teaches, educates and answers questions. It's fine if you don't praise her, but how can you slander her without any evidence? Do you know how much influence a teacher's words can have on a student's life? That's so irresponsible."

Miss Hu's face turned red because of what she said, and her hand holding the teacup couldn't stop shaking.

Lao Qi pushed the door open a minute ago and was about to come in. She happened to see Lou Mi's impassioned speech and understood what had happened. Fearing that something bigger might happen, she hurried over with a smile to ease the atmosphere.

"Everyone calm down and don't hurt the harmony. After all, this is all for the good of the children."

Lou Mi: "Who are you?"

Chi Lin replied: "She is my homeroom teacher, Teacher Qi."

Lou Mi: "It's good that the head teacher is here. You can help as a witness. Miss Hu, do you have any other English papers?"

Miss Hu didn't answer, but another English teacher from another class said yes, and came over with a tablet and said:

"But this paper is harder than the one on the midterm exam."

"Okay, what we want is something more difficult." Lou Mi put the tablet on the table, patted Chi Lin's shoulder and said, "Sometimes, for the sake of our innocence, we need to do something unpleasant, but it is definitely not wrong. Can you do this paper now?"

Different from her usual irritable and childish image, today Lou Mi was able to combine sharpness and calmness into her own powerful personal charm, which made Chi Lin feel a little unfamiliar.

Chi Lin nodded and walked to the tablet.

Lao Qi helped her move a chair and asked her to sit down. Before she started writing, he comforted her: "Don't be nervous, relax and do it slowly."

Chi Lin smiled at Lao Qi and picked up the electronic pen.

Lao Qi saw maturity and confidence beyond her age in her smile.

This means that this is the second time this month that she has done homework in the teacher's office, in full view of everyone.

Under everyone's gaze, she wrote English with the technique of writing calligraphy, openly and without any embarrassment.

After finishing the multiple-choice questions, English teachers will have a better idea.

If the accuracy rate is more than half, it is possible that the score will be higher than that of the midterm exam paper.

After Chi Lin finished the paper, Lao Qi asked Miss Hu to correct it.

The final score was 76 points, and Chi Lin breathed a sigh of relief.

Lou Mi was not aggressive and spoke a little softer to Miss Hu, but what he asked was not soft at all:

"The result is clear now. Apologize to my sister."

Miss Hu tried hard to suppress her dissatisfaction, but a hint of resentment still appeared on her face:

"If she could maintain this level, I wouldn't have the misunderstanding today. If you don't want to be misunderstood, you should do your best and don't let people think too much."

Lou Mi had already suppressed her anger, but she didn't expect this person to be so shameless. She couldn't hold it in any longer, and she grabbed Miss Hu by the collar, with a fierce look in her eyes:

"Is this how your mom taught you to apologize?"

Lao Qi was terrified, and he and several other teachers stepped forward to stop the fight:

"Forget it, let's all take a step back. Xiao Hu, Chi Lin is indeed able to get this score, so just admit your mistake, okay?"

Miss Hu had never seen such a fierce woman. She felt that if she didn't apologize, she might really be beaten. She said to Chi Lin in fear and reluctance:

“… The teacher is wrong. The teacher apologizes to you.”

Chi Lin went back to class, and Lou Mi got back into the car, somewhat regretting his impulsiveness.

She was happy after carrying the person, but what should Chi Lin do? She still had to continue her classes here. What if Miss Hu found another opportunity to make things difficult for her

The physics class was almost over when Chi Lin returned to the classroom. As soon as she sat down, Liu Huixin asked her what happened.

"Is Miss Hu crazy again? What are you doing in the office? What did you talk about?"

The physics teacher threw an electronic pen and hit Liu Huixin right on the forehead.

Liu Huixin screamed and sat back up.

"Give me back the electronic pen." said the physics teacher.

Liu Huixin returned the pen to the podium amid the laughter of the whole class.

After the physics class was Chinese. The Chinese teacher, Mr. Xia, liked to keep the class going for a long time. He kept the class going for a long time in the middle of the day. When he announced the end of get out of class, all the students in Class 6 quickly packed their bags and rushed out of the school, holding their rumbling stomachs to find food.

Liu Huixin asked Chi Lin what to eat for lunch, and Chi Lin looked at WeChat and said:

"I have an appointment, so I'll leave first."

Before Liu Huixin could even utter an "ah", Chi Lin had disappeared.

Chi Lin queued up to punch in at the school gate. After going out, she skillfully walked to the door of a convenience store two blocks away. Lou Mi told her in WeChat that her car was parked there waiting for her.

Da Mimi: "Don't run at noon, let's eat together."

Lou Mi saw Chi Lin running towards him from the end of the street in the rearview mirror, her neatly braided hair swaying left and right in the air, in the same rhythm as the backpack on her back.

"Why are you still here?" Chi Lin was slightly out of breath when she walked to the car. It was obvious that she rushed without stopping after receiving the WeChat message and didn't want Lou Mi to wait for her too long.

Lou Mi was in a good mood: "I didn't have anything to do this morning. I thought it was really unlucky for you to be wrongly accused. Maybe having a good meal can help you regain some energy. Come up, I'll take you to eat."

Chi Lin got in the car, took the schoolbag off his back and held it in his arms.

"Put your backpack in the back and fasten your seat belts."

Although the action of holding the schoolbag is a little cute, safety is still important.

Chi Lin stretched out his arm and tried to put the schoolbag on the back seat, but it was always a little short.

Chi Lin is 164cm tall, not as tall as Lou Mi, and his arms are slightly shorter.

In fact, Lou Mi could have asked her to adjust the chair back so that she could reach the destination. But for some reason, she didn't say anything and just watched Chi Lin struggling to reach back.

It was still just a little bit off, and the backpack kept sliding down along the edge of the back seat.

Chi Lin had no choice but to lean forward towards Lou Mi, who was in the driver's seat, and finally put the schoolbag down steadily.

Lou Mi asked her, "What do you want to eat?"

Chi Lin had no idea about restaurants and didn't bother to think: "I'll eat whatever you eat."

But it didn't sound like that to Lou Mi.

So submissive

Lou Mi: "Eating barbecue?"

"good."

"Walk!"

Lou Mi’s favorite is a self-service barbecue restaurant, where each person can eat as much as they want for 388 yuan.

The meat here is of good quality, the service is great, and they cut the meat thickly. When Lou Mi and his teammates from the club are particularly hungry after a game, they often come here for a solid meal.

Lou Mi didn't actually ask Chi Lin to come here just for fun, she had a mission in mind.

Working hard and staying up late to study only to be falsely accused of cheating, not to mention the person involved, even Lou Mi felt very aggrieved.

She thought that the child had finally gotten rid of his past status and was trying hard to walk on the right path, but he had just taken the first step when he suffered such a heavy blow. What should he do if he was disappointed with human nature and retreated back to his previous absurd and decadent life? That would be terrible.

Seeing that Chi Lin didn't say much along the way, and didn't chat much when he arrived at the store, and looked depressed with his head down, I guess he must have been hit hard.

Lou Mi took the tongs and scissors from the AI waiter. It was more delicious to grill the meat by herself. While turning the sizzling and oily beef, she mentally drafted some ideas to comfort Chi Lin.

She is first-rate at dealing with vicious people, but she is really not good at comforting people.

In the club, Sister Lan is always the good guy, and at worst there is Fu Tu who is soft-hearted and even softer-mouthed. No one expects Lou Mi to do anything to comfort people - don't make people depressed just by opening your mouth, it's already a good deed for the team.

For the first time in his life, Lou Mi was at the forefront of being a good person. He had so much sweet talk and concern in his heart but he didn't know where to start. All his hesitations were reflected in his hands.

The beef she turned over was almost black, but she didn't put it on the plate.

Chi Lin actually didn't take Miss Hu's matter to heart at all.

If Lou Mi knew that hidden inside the body of the seemingly naive 17-year-old girl was a 32-year-old mature female official who had worked in the officialdom for many years, she would definitely think that she was stupid at this moment.

Chi Lin had seen many similar things, but he did not expect that Miss Hu, who was already quite old, did not know how to speak. She was so speechless by the sharp-tongued Lou Mi that she had no power to fight back. This could be considered a small punishment.

She secretly remembered Lou Mi's care for her, but at the same time she was heartbroken by Lou Mi's behavior of destroying the delicious food.

She wasn't that hungry originally, but who could have imagined that modern barbecue would be so delicious, with much richer seasonings than in the Ohara era. The aroma of the barbecue made her appetite grow.

But Lou Mi said she was the host for this meal. Lou Mi didn't eat the first bite, as it would be too rude for the guest to eat first.

Just now, Chi Lin seemed to be depressed with his head down, but in fact, his attention was focused on the piece of beef with incredibly beautiful fat texture in Lou Mi's hand.

As the tender raw meat is slowly cooked, the flavor becomes even more fragrant.

Chi Lin's stomach rumbled secretly and his mouth was watering, but Lou Mi was reluctant to eat.

Lou Mi thought to himself: As an elder, how should I comfort her

But Chi Lin thought: It's over, the meat is burnt.

Chi Lin felt sorry for Lou Mi's wasteful behavior, and it was reflected on his face.

The more Lou Mi looked at him, the more heartbroken he felt. After all, he was just a child, and it must have been a huge blow to him.

She never thought that the culprit who made Chi Lin so upset was her, not Miss Hu.

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